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Seizure of paintings by gov't shows Marcos family not off hook yet

MANILA, Philippines - Photo taken during a Feb. 2, 2013, interview with Imelda Marcos, the widow of the late Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos who ruled the country from 1965 up to 1986, shows paintings by well-known artists on the walls of her condominium unit in the Makati financial district of Manila. On Sept. 30, 2014, government law enforcers raided the known residential and office addresses of Imelda Marcos to implement an anti-graft court order for the seizure of eight paintings by artists including Michelangelo, Picasso and Gauguin.

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Young volunteers stay to support victims of March 2011 disaster

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Volunteer Yusuke Kato (L), holding a dosimeter, explains to a tour participant about a checkpoint set up 10 kilometers north of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by the March 2011 disaster. Photo was taken Feb. 2, 2013, in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture.

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Korean writer Chong surprises theater world once again

SEOUL, South Korea - Playwright Chong Wishing talks about his recent theatrical piece starring Japanese and South Korean actors at the National Theater of Korea in Seoul on Feb. 2, 2013. The play, titled "Boku ni Honoo no Sensha wo" (Bring Me My Chariot of Fire), received a standing ovation in Seoul earlier this year after successful showings in Tokyo and Osaka last year.

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Sasago tunnel

OTSUKI, Japan - The site of the fatal collapse of an interior roof on Dec. 2, 2012, in the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, is shown to reporters on Feb. 3, 2013, for the first time since the accident. Flowers are laid where vehicle fires happened.

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Sasago tunnel

OTSUKI, Japan - The site of the fatal collapse of an interior roof on Dec. 2, 2012, in the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, is shown to reporters on Feb. 3, 2013, for the first time since the accident. Flowers are laid where vehicle fires happened.

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"Hiroshima Maiden" Yamaoka dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in the city of Hiroshima in October 2004 shows Michiko Yamaoka speaking about her experience of the 1945 atomic bombing to elementary school students visiting the city on a school trip. Yamaoka, one of the "Hiroshima Maidens" who underwent reconstructive surgery for facial burns in the United States from 1955, died of pneumonia on Feb. 2, 2013, at a Hiroshima nursing facility for the elderly. She was 82.

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"Hiroshima Maiden" Yamaoka dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2004 shows Michiko Yamaoka, one of the "Hiroshima Maidens" who survived the 1945 atomic bombing of the city and underwent reconstructive surgery for facial burns in the United States from 1955. Yamaoka died of pneumonia on Feb. 2, 2013, at a Hiroshima nursing facility for the elderly. She was 82.

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French troops in Mali

SEGOU, Mali - A convoy of French military vehicles travels through the suburbs of San, southern Mali, on Feb. 2, 2013, en route to the country's north.

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Japan teen among winners at Lausanne ballet competition

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Japan's Masaya Yamamoto (R) poses for photos with Tetsuya Kumakawa in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 2, 2013, after the final of the Prix de Lausanne ballet competition. Yamamoto, an 18-year-old high school student from Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, was among eight winners.

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PM Abe visits Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe uses binoculars to view the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture on Feb. 2, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Russian tall ship Sedov

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - A child tolls a bell on the deck of the Russian four-masted ship Sedov as it opens to the public at Vladivostok port in the Russian Far East on Feb. 2, 2013. The Sedov, registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's biggest sailing vessel, is on a round-the-world voyage.

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Japan teen among winners at Lausanne ballet competition

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Japan's Masaya Yamamoto performs during the final of the Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 2, 2013. Yamamoto, an 18-year-old high school student from Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, was among eight winners.

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Russian tall ship Sedov

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Photo shows the Russian four-masted ship Sedov as it opens to the public at Vladivostok port in the Russian Far East on Feb. 2, 2013. The Sedov, registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's biggest sailing vessel, is on a round-the-world voyage.

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Japan experiences spring-like warmth

TOKYO, Japan - People walk without wearing jackets in Tokyo's Ginza district on Feb. 2, 2013, when Japan experienced spring-like warmth. The mercury rose to around 20 C in the Tokyo metropolitan area and the Kansai region in western Japan, levels normally seen in March to April.

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Maiko throw beans

KYOTO, Japan - "Maiko" apprentice geisha participate in an annual bean-throwing event at Kyoto's Yasaka Shrine on Feb. 2, 2013. People in Japan customarily throw beans to drive away demons and welcome good luck at traditional "setsubun" events in early February.

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Maiko throw beans

KYOTO, Japan - "Maiko" apprentice geisha participate in an annual bean-throwing event at Kyoto's Yasaka Shrine on Feb. 2, 2013. People in Japan customarily throw beans to drive away demons and welcome good luck at traditional "setsubun" events in early February.

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PM Abe visits Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Combination photo shows Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima during their talks at a hotel in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 2, 2013.

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Japan experiences spring-like warmth

TOKYO, Japan - People walk without wearing jackets in Tokyo's Ginza district on Feb. 2, 2013, when Japan experienced spring-like warmth. The mercury rose to around 20 C in the Tokyo metropolitan area and the Kansai region in western Japan, levels normally seen in March to April.

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PM Abe visits Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - People hold a rally outside the Okinawa prefectural offices in Naha on Feb. 2, 2013, to protest against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policy on U.S. bases in the prefecture. The prime minister visited the prefecture the same day.

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PM Abe visits Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - A man holds a placard with a message that reads, "Don't belittle Okinawa," in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 2, 2013, to protest against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policy on U.S. bases in the prefecture. The prime minister visited the prefecture the same day.

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PM Abe visits Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) shakes hands with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima ahead of their talks at a hotel in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 2, 2013.

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Japan drills for methane hydrate production tests

NAGOYA, Japan - A man demonstrates the combustion of methane hydrate for reporters in Nagoya on Feb. 2, 2012. Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. said preparatory drilling will start around Feb. 14 in the Pacific Ocean off central Japan for the world's first seabed methane hydrate production tests in early 2013.